Barrel-filler



C. FISK.

' BARREL FILLER.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30,19I9.

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BARREL FILLER.

APPLICATION FILED, umso. 1919.

Patented Deo. 13, 1921A.

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UNITED ASTATES PATENT OFFICE.

.CHARLES FISK, F FLUSHNG, NEW YORK.

BARREL-VFILLER.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Dec. 13,1921.

Application filed December 30, 1919. Serial No. 348,364.

To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES F ISK, a citizen of the United States7 and a resident of Flushing, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Fillers, of'

both as to its details and the assembly of its parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide a barrel filler whose parts are of such construction and relative disposition as to insure regularity or uniformity of operation and render the device ca'pable of withstanding the rough handling to which barrel fillers are subjected in practical use, the etlicient life of the device being thereby increased.

The invention resides in a barrel filler possessing the novel feature hereinafter described and claimed, and said invention will be fully understood from the following description, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is Y acentral 4vertical section through a barrel filler constructed in `accordance with and embodying my invention, the device being shown as applied to a barrel and set for use in filling the same;

Y Fig. 2 lis a vertical section through the same, taken on the dotted -line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection through a portion of the same, taken on the Adotted line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through the same, taken on the dotted line 4-'4 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5 is a central vertical section through a hood or removable part of the casing of thev device. n

In the drawings, designates the main body of the casing in one integral piece subdivided by a partition 11 to form an inlet or valve chamber 12 and an outlet chamber 13, and said body l0 is formed at one side vwith an integral externally threaded nipple 14 for connection with the piping leading from the supply tank or reservoir. In itsV lower side or bottom the body 10 is formed with an internally threaded opening 15 to receive the upper externally threaded end of the filling tube or discharge nozzle 1G, which is adapted to be inserted downwardly through an opening or bung-hole 17 in a barrel or other receptacle 18 and is provided with a suitable adjustable support comprising, in the present instance, a nut 19 having Vlegs 20 to engage the barrel and a binding nut 21 to engage the nut 19.

In its top, the body 10 is formed with an internallythreaded opening 22 to receive an externally threaded plug 23 having formed within it a vertical recess 24 which is open'v at its lower end and receives the coiled spring .25 Vand the upper portion of the stem 26 of the disk valve 27, said valve being located in the aforesaid chamber 12. The valve stem 26 is chambered in it-s upper end to receivez.`

the lower end of the spring 25.

The partition 11 has `an opening 28 surrounded along its upper edge by a vertical annular flange 29 affording a seat for the valve 27, whose lower surface is cupped and' at its annular lower edge lits upon said seat.

rlhe body 10 is'formed with al laterally extending section 30 having a top 31 and an internally threaded side opening 32 to receive a threaded plug 33, which is bored to affordV a bearingfor one end of a horizontal shaft 34 whose other end is mounted in a bearing 35 formed as an integral part of the body 10. The shaft 34 has a crank portion 36 which pivotally receives the lower end of an arm 37 whose upper end enters a recess in the bottom of the valve 27 and supports said valve in a well known manner.

The shaft 34 has a polygonal outer end 3S, upon which is mounted a. bell-crank 39 (Fig. 2) whose lower arm 40 extends downwardly and is weighted or made heavier than its -upper arm 41, which is hook-shaped at its and atits inner end said lever 43 is formed with a foot 45, while at its vouter end said lever is reduced in width to form a linger 46 adapted to be engaged by the hook 42 of the tripping lever, as shown in Fig. 2, said finger 46 having one vertical edge to engage the inner vertical edge of the outer end of said hook and said linger at its opposite edge being beveled to permit the ready passage Aoli the hook over said finger when said hook is moved to its operative position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Vithin the lower portion of the tube or nozzle 16l is formed a cone-shaped partition 47, below'which is a float chamber 43 and above which are outlet openings 49 formed in the sides of said tube or nozzle.

Within the tube 16 and chamber 13 is located a vertical stationary tube 50, whose lower end is secured within the apex of the partition 47 and whose upper end is fastened within'the top 31 ofthe body section 30, as shown in Fig. 1.- A float 51 of customary or anyV suitable type is mounted within'the float chamber 48, andv this float is connected with the lower end 'of ajrod 52, which extends up through and above the tube 50 and has on its upper threaded end a nut 53 which seats on the upper end of said tube v50 and a binding nut 54 which engages said nut 53. The nuts 53, 54 permit of the adjustment vertically of the rod 52 and float 51. The upper end of the rod 52 is directly below and engaged by the foot 45 on the inner end of the lever 43, and said yrod when movedl upwardly Vby the float 51 turns the inner end of said lever 43 upwardly and its outer end downwardly to lower the finger 46 of said lever belowthe hook 42 of the lever'39, thereby permitting the.` shaft 34 to turn under the force of the spring 25 and the weight of the valve 27, with the result that the'bell-cranlr 39 is carried angularly to remove the hook 42 from above the finger 46 and the valve 27 descends upon its seat 29, cutting off the flow of oil or other liquid through-the body 10 to the tube 16. When it isdesired to re-set the mechanism for use, the arm 40 of the lever 39 is employed as a handle for. reverselyv turning said lever and the shaft 34, so that through the crank 36 and arm 37 the valve 27 may be moved to its upper or wide-open positionrand also so that the hook 42 may rengage the finger 46 and thereby releasably'hold the valve 27 in its openposition until on theneXt ascent of the lioat 51 the rod 52 again acts to tilt the lever 43 from the lever 39 and thereby frees the shaft 34 to turn and the valve 27 to descend to its seat 29.

The levers 39,V 43 and upper end of the rod 52 are Vexternal to the body 10 and, except for the lower end of the arm 40 of said 'lever 39, are protected within a chamber 5,5

formed by said body 10 and a removable hood 56 whose details are shown more fully iitted to the body castinglO and over the section 30 thereof and also over the levers 39, 43,as`shown inFig. 1. The body 10 is formed integrally with a lug 53 and with opposite side vertical grooves 59, and the inner vertical edges of the sides of the hood 56 have vertical flanges or ribs 60 to slide downwardly into the said grooves 59 until the Vtop of the hood seats upon the lug 53, to which the hood is secured by a screw 61, said screw and the grooves 59 and ribs 60 serving to securely hold the hood in place and also to permitv its convenient removal should the levers 39, 43 require attention or the rod 52 need vertical adjustment. The inner edge of the top of the hood 56 is shaped to the outline of the adjacent portion of the body 10 above the lug 58, as shown in Fig. 3. The hood 56 serves to protect the levers 39, '43 and upper end of the rod 52 and adjacent parts against the eiiects of snow, ice, rain and other weather conditions and also against the eects of rough handling Vof the deviceV or the dropping of the same on the floor or ground or the knocking of the same against a barrel.v The parts of the device are so arranged as to'male provision for the hood 56, as well as to accomplish other results.

vThe operation of the device will be understood without further detailed explanation.

In Fig. 1 IV illustrate the device with its parts setV for use inthe filling of a barrel. When the liquid in the barrel has risen to a stiliicient height to properly elevate the float 51, the rod` 52 turns the lever 43 to lower the nger'46 below the hook 42. The valve 27 then closes, as `hereinbeiore mentioned, to

Ycut offthe flow to the barrel; thereafter'the parts ofthe devicemay be `re-setfor use byV turningthe lever 39 to rengage the lever 43 and actuate theshaft 34 `to elevate the Yvalve 27. It will not be necessary to refer to the 'durable character of the several parts of the device and the ease with which they may be assembled and disassembled. I may add however that the presence of the hood 56 and the location Aof the lever 43 permits of the use of arlongpin for connecting said lever with the lug 44 (Figs. 2 and 4),

vsaid pin not requiring to be headed and bevided with van inlet, a valve-seat and an ed intermediate its end portions on the top outlet nozzle extending downwardly from said lateral section, a crank-shaft extending horizontally ythrough the length of said body andof said lateral section and above said nozzle, a self-closing valve within said body-adapted to said seat and operatively associated with the crank of said shaft, a ioat in said nozzle having a rod extended therefrom up through said nozzle and the top of said lateral section and having thereon a stop to arrest said rod and float against undue descent, a float-lever pivotally mounted intermediate its end portions on the top of and closely adjacent to said lateral section and having on its inner end a foot `freely resting upon the upper end of said float-rod, and a lever secured intermediate its ends upon the outer end of said shaft and having a hook adapted to be releasably engaged with the outer free end of said iioat-lever, for holding said valve in its open position.

2. A barrel filler comprising a body having a laterally extending section and provided with an inlet, a valve-seat and an outlet nozzle extending downwardly from said lateral section, a crank-shaft extending horizontally through the length of said body and of said lateral section and above said nozzle, a self-closing valve within said body adapted to said seat and operatively associated with the crank of said shaft, a float in said nozzle having a rod extended therefrom kup through said nozzle and the top of said lateral section and having thereon a stop to arrest said rod and float against undue descent, a float-lever pivotally mounted intermediate its end portions on the top of and closely adjacent to said lateral section and having on its inner end a foot freely. resting upon the upper end of said float-rod, and a lever secured intermediate its ends upon the outer end of said shaft and having a lower arm which serves as a weight and as a handle and an upper arm having a hook-end adapted to be passed upon and releasably engage the outer free end of said float-lever, for holding said valve in its open position.

3. A barrel filler comprising a body having a laterally extending section and provided with an inlet, a valve-seat and an outlet nozzle extending downwardly from said lateral section, a crank-shaft extending horizontally through the length of said body and of said lateral section and above said nozzle, a self-closing valve within said body adapted to said seat and operatively associated with the crank of said shaft, a ioat in said nozzle having a rod extended therefrom up through said nozzle and the top of said lateral section and having thereon a stop nut to arrest said rod and float against undue descent, a ioat-lever pivotally mountof and closely adjacent to said lateral section and having on its inner end a foot freely resting upon the upper end of said float-rod and its outer free end formed at one side with a vertical edge and at its opposite side with a downwardly and outwardly inclined edge, and a lever secured intermediate its ends upon the outer end of said shaft and having a hook on its upper end to releasably engage the said outer free end of said iioat-lever, for holding said valvel in its open position, said hook having an inner straight edge to engage the said vertical edge of said float-lever and being adapted to ride over the inclined edge of said iioat-lever.

4. A barrel filler comprising a body having a laterally extending section below the top thereof, and provided with an inlet, a valve-seat and an outlet nozzle extending downwardly from said lateral section, a crank-shaft extending through said body, a self-closing valve within said body adapted to said seat and operatively associated with said shaft, a float having a rod extended therefrom up through said nozzle and said lateral section, a float-lever pivotally mounted intermediate its end portions on the top of said lateral section, and having its inner end engaging the upper end of said rod, a lever secured upon the outer end of said shaft and having a hook adapted to be releasably engaged with the outer end of said ioat-lever for holding said valve in its open position, and a hood over said lateral section and covering said float-lever and adjacent parts, said body having grooves at opposite sides and said hood having side ribs to enter said grooves an-l a top fitted to the adjacent part of said body, and said lateral section having on its top an internally threaded lug to afford a seat for said top and receive a screw for securing the hood in place.

5. A barrel filler comprising a body having a laterally extending section below the top thereof, and an inlet, a valve-seat and an outlet nozzle extending downwardly from said lateral section, a crank-shaft extending through said body, a self-closing valve within said body adapted to said seat and operatively associated with said shaft, a float having a rod extended therefrom up through said nozzle and said lateral section, a float-lever pivotally mounted intermediate its end portions on the top of said lateral section, and having its inner end engaging the upper end of said rod, a lever secured upon the outer end of Said shaft and having a hook adapted to be releasably engaged with .the outer end of said float-lever for holding said valve in its open position, and a hood removably secured over said lateral section and float-lever and adjacent parts and having sides which extend downwardly Servingto prevent said `pin from losing its below sind lever, the meaneplvotelly securoperatlve posltlon.

ing said float-lever as aforesaid, being :L 'Signed at New York city, in the county 10 Y Vlug on said lateral section and a pin passing of New York, and VState of NewYork, this 5 through Said lug and lever and extending 29th day of Deeember,A. D; 1919;

`beyond the sides of the saune nearly t0 the Y sides of said hood, the Sides ofsad hood Y CHARLES FISK. 

